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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1987;16(3): 847-852. |
A Case of Intracerebral Sparganum Mansoni. |
Jin Young Youm, Tae Dong Kim, Shi Hun Song, Kwan Tae Kim, Youn Kim |
Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Taejeon, Korea. |
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ABSTRACT |
A patient is reported with sparganosis of the intracerebral region involving sparganum mansoni. This 40-year-old man had complained of focal motor seizure in right exitremities during the 18 months before operation. Brain CT scan revealed worm-like linear enhancement in left frontoparietal area. Left frontoparietal osteoplastic craniotomy was performed and a live sparganum mansoni was successfully removed from intracerebral region. This is very rare case in which a live sparganum mansoni was removed from the intracerebral region. |
Key Words:
Sparganosis; Sparganum mansoni; Osteoplastic craniotomy |
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